Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-01

Liberal Unionists Give Qualified Assent
to the Crimes BilI-Ihe Cabinet to Cut
Out the Change of Venue CIause-Labou-
chere Makes a Comparison-Suggge
Letter from Stanley.
LONDON, April 1-Earl Cadogan presented
in the house of lords Thursday evening the
government bill providing for the purchase
of their holdings by tenants in Ireland. The
measure proposes to admit to the benefits OF
the bill leaseholders who received the BEN
efits of the act of ISL, and to extend to
leaseholders whose leases expired prior to
1851 tLa same privileges as enjoyed by those
whose leases expired in 1851. The bill also
proposes that tenant receiving notice of
ejeetment becomes ipso facto ''earetaker"
of bis holding for the period of SIX months,
the term during which be may redeem his
holding, beginning with the receipt of the
notice of ejectment, and ending six months
thereafter.
The government, Cadogan said, could not
ADOPT the Recommendation OF the royal land
commission that the period of duration of
judicial rents should be FIVE years instead of
fifteen, seeing no necessity for such oh inga
and many reasons why none should be made.
If the government should disturb the settle
ments made under that act, both landlords
and tenants would feel that in such set
Elements there was no stability. The gov
eminent also intend providing for the pur-
chase of holdings. The bill also proposed to
relieve insolrent tenants, and by its terms a
circuit judge would be constituted
a judge in bankruptcy. In cases where
tenants had become insolvent through no
fault Of their own the judge might order a
compromise upon the tenants old debt, per-
hitting the debtor to retain his holding for
as long time as he the judge might decide,
and such rentals should be fixed by the court.
Tenants who became involved or insolvent
through improvidence would be left to be
death with by the ordinary law, but a rea-
sonable stay OF execution might be granted
in these cases at the discretion Of the court
In the cases of Ian ilords who had received
no rents from their tenants, or whose lands,
owing to intimidation Of would-be tenants
were not occupied, there would be revision
of rates The bill was read for the first tims,
and April 81 set down for second reading.
Labouchere, in the house of commons
Thursday evening, declared that whatever
disorder there might be in Ireland was due
to the exeerable laws for the government Of
that portion of the kingdom, which had been
enacted and enforced in defiance OF the ex-
pressed wishes of the people. During the
presidency of Andrew johnson, Lahouchere
said, terrorism and outrage were rampant in
the southern states of America, but from the
moment home rule was granted to those
states in 1919, the disorder suhsids3 and
quickly disappeared
In view of the determined stand taken
againstit by many Conservatives and Liberal
Unionists the cabinet has decided to aban
don the clause OF the crimes bill changing
the venue OF Irish trials from Dublin to Lon
don.
At the meeting of the Liberal Unionists
Thursday, spirited discussion of the vari-
| Gus provisions of the coercio bill took place.
Mr.. Heneage. supported by several Other
members, spoke in opposition to the claus
transferring Irish trials to England. Sir
Edward WallIin expressed his opinion thai
the present state of ireland not only JUST
| fed the government in applying coercion,
| but rendered such a measure absolutely nee
essary without regard to remedial ,legisla
! ton. Nc, Chamberlain regretted his ina
bility to coincide with the opinion of Mr.
| Walklin, aud held that remedial Legislation
at Least ought to be implied Lord Harting
ton appealed to the gentlemen present to sup
| port the second reading of the bill, though
| they might reserve their fun liberty of ac
| ton in the piattcr of Amending the bill at it
committee stage. A vote was taken and thi,
plan of action was agreed upon